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On 4 October 1994 the Academic Board recommended the establishment of the Centre for Marine Biofouling & Bio-Innovation within the Faculty of Biological & Behavioural Sciences (resolution AB94/87). Shortly afterwards this was approved by the Vice-Chancellor. The main aim of the Centre was to facilitate the development of novel biological or biochemical products or processes from marine sources (file 942094). The Centre was first headed by two co-Directors - Professor Staffan Kjelleberg and Dr Peter Steinberg. At the 2 December 1996 meeting of Council the Faculty of Biological & Behavioural Sciences was disestablished effective 1 July 1997 (resolution CL96/88/4). As a result, from this date the Centre for Marine Biofouling & Bioinnovation was transferred to the Faculty of Life Sciences. On 18 Jun, 2001 Council resolved to disestablish the Faculty of Life Sciences and create a new single model Faculty of Science effective from 1 July, 2001- including the Centre for Marine Biofouling & Bioinnovation (resolution CL001/49). The name of the Centre was changed to the Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation effective from 1st July 2007 (3 July 2007 Academic Board papers). In 2007 the co-Directors of the Centre were Professor Staffan Kjelleberg and Professor Peter Steinberg. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 04/10/1994-

This series contains the annual reports of the Centre for Marine Biofouling & Bio-Innovation / Marine Bio-Innovation. Each item is a typed, paper-bound volume on the happenings within the centre throughout the year. The Archives' holdings of this series are incomplete.

This series consists of the booklet leaflet collection of the Centre for Marine Biofouling & Bio-Innovation / Marine Bio-Innovation. The material is typed and maintained in a manilla folder and includes a single-sided A4 leaflet on the Centre's activities. The Archives' holdings are very limited for this series.

The Faculty of Biological Sciences was created in principle by Council on 22nd January, 1968 (resolution 68/19i). At its 8th July, 1968 meeting, Council then approved the formal operation of the Faculty from 1st July, 1968 (resolution 68/108). Initially administered by Dean Professor B. J. Ralph, the Faculty commenced life with six Schools - Applied Psychology, Biochemistry, Biological Technology, Botany, Microbiology and Zoology. The Faculty met for the first time on 29th July, 1968. At the 9th March, 1987 meeting of Council the Faculty's name was altered to the Faculty of Biological & Behavioural Sciences (resolution 87/31). Finally, on 2nd December, 1996, Council disestablished the Faculty of Biological & Behavioural Sciences, effective 1st July, 1997 (resolution CL96/88/4). Subordinate agency: School of Microbiology (1968 - 1990) / Microbiology & Immunology (1990 - 2001) - 01/07/1968 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: School of Biological Technology (1968 - 1980) / School of Biotechnology (1980 - 1985) - 01/07/1968 - 31/12/1985 Subordinate agency: School of Applied Psychology (1954 - 1972) / Psychology (1972 - ) - 01/07/1968 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: Centre for Marine Biofouling & Bio-Innovation (1994 - 2007) / Marine Bio-Innovation (2007 - ) - 04/10/1994 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: School of Biological Science - 01/01/1988 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: School of Biochemistry (1968 - 1991) / Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics (1991 - 2001) - 01/07/1968 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: School of Botany - 01/07/1968 - 31/12/1987 Subordinate agency: School of Zoology - 01/07/1968 - 31/12/1987 Subordinate agency: Centre for Membrane and Separation Technology (1987 - 1992) / UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology (1992 - ) - 20/05/1987 - 10/03/1991 Subordinate agency: Centre for Entomological Research and Insecticide Technology (CERIT) - 13/08/1986 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: Institute of Marine Sciences (1968 - 1986) / Centre for Marine Science (1986 - 1997) / Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies (1997 - 2003) - 30/07/1986 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: Centre for Chemosensory Research (CCR) - 01/02/1997 - 30/06/1997 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 22/01/1968-30/06/1997

The Faculty of Life Sciences was established by Council on 2nd December, 1996 effective from 1st July 1997 (resolution CL96/88/4a). The inaugural meeting of the Faculty was on 7th July, 1997 with Associate Professor S. Andrews as the Presiding Member. Under Dean M. Sleigh, the Faculty then contained five schools and five Centres. The Faculty minutes also include those of the Faculty's Executive Committee (first meeting 11th August, 1997) and the Higher Degree Committee (first meeting 11th August, 1997). At Council's 13th December, 1999 meeting, changes to Faculty committees were approved. The Faculty committee structure was therefore altered to embody a Faculty Board, a Faculty Standing Committee, a Faculty Research Committee and a Faculty Education Committee (resolution CL99/81). The Faculty of Life Sciences was disbanded by Council on 18th June, 2001 effective from July 2001 (resolution CL001/49). The final meeting of the Faculty Board was held on 28th May, 2001. Subordinate agency: School of Microbiology (1968 - 1990) / Microbiology & Immunology (1990 - 2001) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Applied Psychology (1954 - 1972) / Psychology (1972 - ) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Marine Biofouling & Bio-Innovation (1994 - 2007) / Marine Bio-Innovation (2007 - ) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Biological Technologies (1986 - 1988) / Applied Bioscience (1988 - 2001) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Biological Science - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Co-operative Research Centre for Biopharmaceutical Research - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2000 Subordinate agency: School of Biochemistry (1968 - 1991) / Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics (1991 - 2001) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Co-operative Research Centre for Food Industry Innovation - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Entomological Research and Insecticide Technology (CERIT) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Institute of Marine Sciences (1968 - 1986) / Centre for Marine Science (1986 - 1997) / Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies (1997 - 2003) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Chemosensory Research (CCR) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Centre for Gene Function Analysis - 18/08/2000 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Mood Disorders Research Centre - 20/02/2001 - 30/06/2001 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/07/1997-30/06/2001

The second Faculty of Science was established at the 18 June, 2001 meeting of Council (resolution CL001/49) effective 1 July 2001, as a result of the disestablishment of the Faculty of Life Science and the Faculty of Science and Technology. Professor Merilyn Sleigh was appointed as Interim Dean. In 2013 the faculty, under Dean Professor Merlin Crossley, encompassed nine schools and eighteen centres. Subordinate agency: Department (1949 - 51) / School of Applied Chemistry (1951 - 1957) / Chemistry (1) (1957 - 2001) - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2001 Subordinate agency: Department (1949 - 51) / School of Applied Physics (1951 - 60) / Physics (1960 - ) - 01/07/2001 Subordinate agency: Department (1949 - 51) / School of Mathematics (1951 - 2006) / Mathematics & Statistics (2006 - ) - 01/07/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences (BEES) - 01/01/2002 Subordinate agency: School of Geography - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Microbiology (1968 - 1990) / Microbiology & Immunology (1990 - 2001) - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Applied Psychology (1954 - 1972) / Psychology (1972 - ) - 01/07/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Metallurgy (1952 - 1985) / Materials Science & Engineering (1986 - ) - 01/07/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Marine Biofouling & Bio-Innovation (1994 - 2007) / Marine Bio-Innovation (2007 - ) - 01/07/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Biological Technologies (1986 - 1988) / Applied Bioscience (1988 - 2001) - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Chemical Sciences (2002 - 2004) / Chemistry (2) (2004 - ) - 01/01/2002 Subordinate agency: School of Biological Science - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Safety Science (1998 - 2008) / Risk & Safety Sciences (2008 - 2010) - 01/07/2001 - 10/12/2010 Subordinate agency: School of Biotechnology & Biomolecular Sciences (BABS) - 01/01/2002 Subordinate agency: School of Biochemistry (1968 - 1991) / Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics (1991 - 2001) - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Optometry (1977 - 2001) / Optometry & Vision Science (2001 - ) - 01/07/2001 Subordinate agency: Department of Aviation - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2010 Subordinate agency: Centre for Advanced Numerical Computation in Engineering & Science (CANCES) - 01/07/2001 - 30/06/2002 Subordinate agency: Centre for Environmental Modelling & Prediction (CEMAP) - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2005 Subordinate agency: Universities' Surface Analysis Facility - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2006 Subordinate agency: Centre for Groundwater Management and Hydrogeology (1987 - 1993) / UNSW Groundwater Centre (1993 - 2002) - 01/07/2001 - 06/11/2002 Subordinate agency: Centre for Membrane and Separation Technology (1987 - 1992) / UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology (1992 - ) - 01/07/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Entomological Research and Insecticide Technology (CERIT) - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2002 Subordinate agency: Centre for Remote Sensing (1981 - 1992) / Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (1992 - c. 2005) - 01/07/2001 - 21/04/2005 Subordinate agency: Institute of Marine Sciences (1968 - 1986) / Centre for Marine Science (1986 - 1997) / Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies (1997 - 2003) - 01/07/2001 - 18/09/2003 Subordinate agency: Centre for Chemosensory Research (CCR) - 01/07/2001 - 01/02/2003 Subordinate agency: Electron Microscope Unit (2) - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2006 Subordinate agency: Australian Wetlands and Rivers Centre (AWAR) - 01/09/2009 Subordinate agency: Australian Centre for Astrobiology (ACA) - 29/06/2009 Subordinate agency: Australian Tsunami Research Centre (ATRC) (2009 - 2011) / Australia-Pacific Tsunami Research Centre (2011 - ) - 06/10/2009 Subordinate agency: Evolution and Ecology Research Centre (EERC) - 15/08/2007 Subordinate agency: Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMART) - 14/01/2008 Subordinate agency: Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC) - 07/08/2008 Subordinate agency: Connected Waters Initiative - 31/10/2006 Subordinate agency: Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Centre for Gene Function Analysis - 01/07/2001 Subordinate agency: Mood Disorders Research Centre - 01/07/2001 - 14/02/2003 Subordinate agency: Centre for Computer Simulation and Modelling of Particulate Systems (SIMPAS) - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2007 Subordinate agency: School of Geology - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Aviation - 01/01/2011 Subordinate agency: Institute of Environmental Studies - 08/11/2006 - Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/07/2001-

Biosignal Pty Ltd was the commercialisation agent for anti-microbial products with a wide variety of applications. The technology was designed around preventing biofilms, using furanone compounds to prevent the organisms growing. The intellectual property was developed by Professor Staffan Kjelleberg and Associate Professor Peter Steinberg with their team in the Centre for Marine Biofouling and BioInnovation (CMBB). Biosignal was originally understood as closely entwined with CMBB, and as an opportunity to maximise the value of its research. [Biosignal Corporate Strategic Planning Workshop, 19 November 1999] Biosignal was incorporated on 26 August 1999, spurred by the requirement of the START grant application that an applicant be a company (the application was not successful). Unisearch granted global licence for the technology and patents to Biosignal on 26 June 2000, marking the launch of commercial operations. Gillian Turner was sole director at incorporation. Kjelleberg and Steinberg were appointed to the board upon commercial launch. Furanones were CMBB’s core business. Biosignal had commercial agreements with SC Johnson, Procter and Gamble, CSIRO, Cooperative Research Centre for Eye Research and Technology (CRCERT), Beiersdorf and Wattyl to develop furanone compounds. Biosignal Pty Ltd ceased to be a controlled entity of UNSW in April 2004 when it became Biosignal Limited, following investment from CTI Communications Limited [Letter to M Wainwright from New South Wales Treasury 011340-007]. Biosignal Limited suffered losses in the following years and divested the furanones intellectual property. [The Australian, 11 February 2010, 2006/1661] Biosignal Pty Ltd was deregistered on 26 August 2014.